Kostroma (river)
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Kostroma Кострома |
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| Water code | RU : 08010300112110000011666 | |
| location | Kostroma Oblast , Yaroslavl Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Volga | |
| Drain over | Volga → Caspian Sea | |
| source | approx. 20 km east of Soligalitsch 59 ° 3 ′ 15 ″ N , 42 ° 56 ′ 59 ″ E |
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Gorkier reservoir , formerly near Kostroma in the Volga Coordinates: 57 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ N , 40 ° 53 ′ 48 ″ E 57 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ N , 40 ° 53 ′ 48 ″ E
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| length | 354 km | |
| Catchment area | 16,000 km² | |
| Drain at the Bui gauge |
MQ |
71 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Wotscha , Mesenda , Wjoksa , Tjobsa , Schacha | |
| Right tributaries | Schugoma , Swetliza , Lamsa , Selma , Monsa , Obnora | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Gorkier Reservoir | |
| Big cities | Kostroma | |
| Medium-sized cities | Bui | |
| Small towns | Soligalitsch | |
| Navigable | upstream to Bui | |
 Location of the Kostroma (Кострома) in the catchment area of the Volga |
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The Kostroma ( Russian Кострома ) is a left tributary of the Volga in the European part of Russia .
It rises east of Soligalitsch in the village of Knjadschewo ( Kostroma Oblast ) on the Galitscher Heights . Its upper course is still very narrow and curvy , but due to the numerous tributaries, its width soon increases to 30–40 m. The Kostroma is navigable from Bui , the second largest city on the river.
The Kostroma is mainly fed by the snowmelt , here the runoff increases to values of up to 1600 m³ / s. To protect against flooding , dams were built on the lower reaches . For the last 50 km before the estuary, the Kostroma marks the border between the Kostroma Oblast and the Yaroslavl Oblast .
Before the construction of the Gorkier reservoir , it flowed into the Volga at the Ipatios monastery within the city of Kostroma . When the Volga was dammed, it lost the tributaries Sot and Mesa , which now flow directly into the reservoir.
